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Neuroscience: Understanding the Brain

Neuroscience: Understanding the Brain

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In the 21st Century, the field of neuroscience is drawing the best and brightest from computer science, medicine, engineering, psychology, biology, genetics, and ethics to study the human brain. Featuring in-depth interviews and demonstrations with neuroscientists from the country's top institutions, this series investigates the last and greatest frontier challenging humanity's understanding of the world: the human brain.

3D rendering of a neuron, resembling a ball of plant roots or a rhizome. Text reads, "Brain Basics."
Neuroscience: Understanding the Brain
Episode 1
28 minutes 30 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Black-and-white illustration of a side-view X-ray of a human's head. The brain is composed of pink, green, and purple fiber-like masses forming separate structures. Text reads, "Mapping the Brain."
Neuroscience: Understanding the Brain
Episode 2
28 minutes 52 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Digital illustration of five stages of a brain's growth, from a small, smooth lump into a bigger shaped organ with bulges, grooves, and fissures. Text reads, "The Developing Brain."
Neuroscience: Understanding the Brain
Episode 3
28 minutes 27 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Oval-shaped photo of a brightly lit city street full of people sitting at tables, standing, and in motion. Behind this, a black and white digital rendering of neurons and networks. Text reads, "The Thinking and Social Brain."
Neuroscience: Understanding the Brain
Episode 4
28 minutes 55 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Person uses tweezers to hold up a tiny glowing computer part in front of their face which is visible in the blurred background. Text reads, Brains, Computers, and Technology.
Neuroscience: Understanding the Brain
Episode 5
28 minutes 29 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12